Linux: >> Linux Kernel >> 5.15.203 Security Vulnerabilities
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: qcom: q6asm: drop DSP responses for closed data streams
'Commit a354f030dbce ("ASoC: qcom: q6asm: handle the responses
after closing")' attempted to ignore DSP responses arriving
after a stream had been closed.
However, those responses were still handled, causing lockups.
Fix this by unconditionally dropping all DSP responses associated with
closed data streams.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()
Code in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() after the call to tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock()
is done too late.
After tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(), the child socket is already visible
from TCP ehash table and other cpus might use it.
Since newinet->pinet6 is still pointing to the listener ipv6_pinfo
bad things can happen as syzbot found.
Move the problematic code in tcp_v6_mapped_child_init()
and call this new helper from tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() before
the ehash insertion.
This allows the removal of one tcp_sync_mss(), since
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() will call it with the correct
context.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation()
smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() casts an unsigned __u32 value
from sp->max_recv_size and req->preferred_send_size to a signed
int before computing min_t(int, ...). A maliciously provided
preferred_send_size of 0x80000000 will return as smaller than
max_recv_size, and then be used to set the maximum allowed
alowed receive size for the next message.
By sending a second message with a large value (>1420 bytes)
the attacker can then achieve a heap buffer overflow.
This fix replaces min_t(int, ...) with min_t(u32)
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: dwc3: gadget: Move vbus draw to workqueue context
Currently dwc3_gadget_vbus_draw() can be called from atomic
context, which in turn invokes power-supply-core APIs. And
some these PMIC APIs have operations that may sleep, leading
to kernel panic.
Fix this by moving the vbus_draw into a workqueue context.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: fix 22000 series SMEM parsing
If the firmware were to report three LMACs (which doesn't
exist in hardware) then using "fwrt->smem_cfg.lmac[2]" is
an overrun of the array. Reject such and use IWL_FW_CHECK
instead of WARN_ON in this function.
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Skip dev-iotlb flush for inaccessible PCIe device without scalable mode
PCIe endpoints with ATS enabled and passed through to userspace
(e.g., QEMU, DPDK) can hard-lock the host when their link drops,
either by surprise removal or by a link fault.
Commit 4fc82cd907ac ("iommu/vt-d: Don't issue ATS Invalidation
request when device is disconnected") adds pci_dev_is_disconnected()
to devtlb_invalidation_with_pasid() so ATS invalidation is skipped
only when the device is being safely removed, but it applies only
when Intel IOMMU scalable mode is enabled.
With scalable mode disabled or unsupported, a system hard-lock
occurs when a PCIe endpoint's link drops because the Intel IOMMU
waits indefinitely for an ATS invalidation that cannot complete.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
domain_context_clear_one_cb
pci_for_each_dma_alias
device_block_translation
blocking_domain_attach_dev
iommu_deinit_device
__iommu_group_remove_device
iommu_release_device
iommu_bus_notifier
blocking_notifier_call_chain
bus_notify
device_del
pci_remove_bus_device
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
pciehp_unconfigure_device
pciehp_disable_slot
pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change
pciehp_ist
Commit 81e921fd3216 ("iommu/vt-d: Fix NULL domain on device release")
adds intel_pasid_teardown_sm_context() to intel_iommu_release_device(),
which calls qi_flush_dev_iotlb() and can also hard-lock the system
when a PCIe endpoint's link drops.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
intel_context_flush_no_pasid
device_pasid_table_teardown
pci_pasid_table_teardown
pci_for_each_dma_alias
intel_pasid_teardown_sm_context
intel_iommu_release_device
iommu_deinit_device
__iommu_group_remove_device
iommu_release_device
iommu_bus_notifier
blocking_notifier_call_chain
bus_notify
device_del
pci_remove_bus_device
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
pciehp_unconfigure_device
pciehp_disable_slot
pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change
pciehp_ist
Sometimes the endpoint loses connection without a link-down event
(e.g., due to a link fault); killing the process (virsh destroy)
then hard-locks the host.
Call Trace:
qi_submit_sync
qi_flush_dev_iotlb
__context_flush_dev_iotlb.part.0
domain_context_clear_one_cb
pci_for_each_dma_alias
device_block_translation
blocking_domain_attach_dev
__iommu_attach_device
__iommu_device_set_domain
__iommu_group_set_domain_internal
iommu_detach_group
vfio_iommu_type1_detach_group
vfio_group_detach_container
vfio_group_fops_release
__fput
pci_dev_is_disconnected() only covers safe-removal paths;
pci_device_is_present() tests accessibility by reading
vendor/device IDs and internally calls pci_dev_is_disconnected().
On a ConnectX-5 (8 GT/s, x2) this costs ~70 µs.
Since __context_flush_dev_iotlb() is only called on
{attach,release}_dev paths (not hot), add pci_device_is_present()
there to skip inaccessible devices and avoid the hard-lock.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: tegra-video: Fix memory leak in __tegra_channel_try_format()
The state object allocated by __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc() must be freed
with __v4l2_subdev_state_free() when it is no longer needed.
In __tegra_channel_try_format(), two error paths return directly after
v4l2_subdev_call() fails, without freeing the allocated 'sd_state'
object. This violates the requirement and causes a memory leak.
Fix this by introducing a cleanup label and using goto statements in the
error paths to ensure that __v4l2_subdev_state_free() is always called
before the function returns.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: always flush state and policy upon NETDEV_UNREGISTER event
syzbot is reporting that "struct xfrm_state" refcount is leaking.
unregister_netdevice: waiting for netdevsim0 to become free. Usage count = 2
ref_tracker: netdev@ffff888052f24618 has 1/1 users at
__netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4400 [inline]
netdev_tracker_alloc include/linux/netdevice.h:4412 [inline]
xfrm_dev_state_add+0x3a5/0x1080 net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c:316
xfrm_state_construct net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:986 [inline]
xfrm_add_sa+0x34ff/0x5fa0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:1022
xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x58e/0xc00 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3507
netlink_rcv_skb+0x158/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x71/0x90 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3529
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x5aa/0x870 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x8c8/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0xa5d/0xc30 net/socket.c:2592
___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2646
__sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2678
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
This is because commit d77e38e612a0 ("xfrm: Add an IPsec hardware
offloading API") implemented xfrm_dev_unregister() as no-op despite
xfrm_dev_state_add() from xfrm_state_construct() acquires a reference
to "struct net_device".
I guess that that commit expected that NETDEV_DOWN event is fired before
NETDEV_UNREGISTER event fires, and also assumed that xfrm_dev_state_add()
is called only if (dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_ESP) != 0.
Sabrina Dubroca identified steps to reproduce the same symptoms as below.
echo 0 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device
dev=$(ls -1 /sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim0/net/)
ip xfrm state add src 192.168.13.1 dst 192.168.13.2 proto esp \
spi 0x1000 mode tunnel aead 'rfc4106(gcm(aes))' $key 128 \
offload crypto dev $dev dir out
ethtool -K $dev esp-hw-offload off
echo 0 > /sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device
Like these steps indicate, the NETIF_F_HW_ESP bit can be cleared after
xfrm_dev_state_add() acquired a reference to "struct net_device".
Also, xfrm_dev_state_add() does not check for the NETIF_F_HW_ESP bit
when acquiring a reference to "struct net_device".
Commit 03891f820c21 ("xfrm: handle NETDEV_UNREGISTER for xfrm device")
re-introduced the NETDEV_UNREGISTER event to xfrm_dev_event(), but that
commit for unknown reason chose to share xfrm_dev_down() between the
NETDEV_DOWN event and the NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.
I guess that that commit missed the behavior in the previous paragraph.
Therefore, we need to re-introduce xfrm_dev_unregister() in order to
release the reference to "struct net_device" by unconditionally flushing
state and policy.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfs: remove xfs_attr_leaf_hasname
The calling convention of xfs_attr_leaf_hasname() is problematic, because
it returns a NULL buffer when xfs_attr3_leaf_read fails, a valid buffer
when xfs_attr3_leaf_lookup_int returns -ENOATTR or -EEXIST, and a
non-NULL buffer pointer for an already released buffer when
xfs_attr3_leaf_lookup_int fails with other error values.
Fix this by simply open coding xfs_attr_leaf_hasname in the callers, so
that the buffer release code is done by each caller of
xfs_attr3_leaf_read.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mfd: core: Add locking around 'mfd_of_node_list'
Manipulating a list in the kernel isn't safe without some sort of
mutual exclusion. Add a mutex any time we access / modify
'mfd_of_node_list' to prevent possible crashes.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-05-06